Love Makes People Do Strange Things

The Kraft Company is giving away 1,000 boxes of pink Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese for Valentine’s Day, in order “To show you how much we love you,” according to their website. All one need do for a chance to “Feel the Love” is submit a contest entry form on the Kraft website by February 8. Winners will receive a box of the classic macaroni and cheese along with a candy flavor packet that turns the pasta pink and adds a “hint of sweetness.” Speaking personally, the only thing pink I want to enjoy on Valentine’s Day is Rosé Champagne.

With French wines, the words domaine and château are interchangeable.

Answer: False.

Answer: False. A château is a single estate composed of vineyards surrounding a building where the wine is made. The word château is commonly used in Bordeaux, and some châteaux can be quite palatial (although they don’t have to be). The word domaine is generally used in Burgundy. A domaine is a collection of vineyard parcels, all of which are owned by the same person or entity. Usually these parcels are small and are not connected to one another.

“The minor miracle of wine is that it has evolved to the point where alcohol is perhaps the last element that gets the wine lover drunk. With wine, from a particular place and vintage, we can get drunk on history; anyone who has drunk a great wine twice their age will immediately relate to this. We can get drunk on place, recalling memories and associations with the region in which the wine was made. We can get drunk on remembrance: each wine naturally reminds us of previous occasions when it or similar wines were consumed, and this in turn can evoke countless memories of friends, meals and times past. Of course, wine lovers can get drunk purely on the lifted perfume of a great bottle or the textured, velvety mouthfeel and lingering flavors that scent the breath after swallowing.”

—Robert Walters, “The Wine of Astonishment” The World of Fine Wine, Issue 22

—Robert Walters, “The Wine of Astonishment” The World of Fine Wine, Issue 22

Love Makes People Do Strange Things

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